Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Use Posture to Assess Level of Threat From Snakes

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1177-1184

  Etting, Stephanie F ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Primates; Threat assessment

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; SERPENTES;

EID: 84911966779     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12293     Document Type: Article

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